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  • 2.00 Credits

    For STEP Program students only. This class is a continuation of SSTP 111 with an emphasis on socialization and learning skills. The course is mandatory for all second semester STEP students. A special STEP Program fee will be charged. 2 class hours.
  • 2.00 Credits

    For STEP Program students only. This class is a continuation of SSTP 112 with an emphasis on interpersonal and mentoring skills. The course is mandatory for all third semester STEP students. A special STEP Program fee will be charged. 2 class hours.
  • 2.00 Credits

    For STEP Program students only. This class is a continuation of SSTP 113. It is individualized with an emphasis for career planning, job seeking skills and social skills and includes a retreat. A special STEP Program fee will be charged. 2 class hours.
  • 1.00 Credits

    For STEP Program students only. This course is designed to allow STEP students one hour of supervised academic instruction. Enrollment is limited only to those students who have completed SSTP 111, 112 and 113 or by permission of Department Chair. Class is taught on arranged basis only. Students who are continuing in the STEP Program are permitted multiple enrollments in this course. A special STEP Program fee will be charged. 1 class hour. 516 2007-08 Vincennes University Catalog
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Surgical Technology Program and successful completion of READ 011 and MATH 011, or recentered SAT Verbal score of (R)420 or greater, or appropriate placement test scores. Corequisite: SURG 105. Introduces theory necessary to function as a beginning surgical technologist. Includes basic concepts necessary to establish, maintain and coordinate the methods required for good patient care preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. Surgical terminology, microbiology, principles of asepsis, ethical, legal and moral responsibilities along with safe patient care, principles of operating room techniques to include hazards in the surgical suite. Responsibilities of a surgical technologist are defined. 5 lecture hours.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Surgical Technology Program and successful completion of READ 011 and MATH 011, or recentered SAT Verbal score of (R)420 or greater, or appropriate placement test scores. Corequisite: SURG 100. Acquaints students with the skills necessary to function as a beginning surgical technologist. Emphasis is placed on the surgical scrub, gowning and gloving, establishing and maintaining a sterile field, draping materials, needles, sutures, basic instrumentation, preparation and sterilization of supplies. Allows students to develop skill in taking vital signs, transporting, positioning, prepping the surgical patient as well as basic operating room techniques. 12 college/clinical laboratory hours arranged.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: SURG 100 and 105. Introduces the scientific principles of biological science and pharmacology. Defines the rationale for use of specific drugs, their therapeutic effects and major side effects on the surgical patient, and their influence on surgical intervention. Emphasizes responsibility regarding pharmaceuticals in the operating room. 2 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: Successful completion of READ 011, or recentered SAT Verbal score of (R)420 or greater, or appropriate placement test scores, and SURG 100 and 105. Emphasis is placed upon the working relationship with the surgical team members and operative procedures which are explained by specialty as the student applies skills learned in the first semester to actual procedures. Instrumentation, anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology are reviewed and basic operating room techniques are practiced in the clinical setting. The theory and application to procedures will be given, beginning with basic specialties and progressing to the more advanced procedures. Application of theory to the clinical setting is emphasized through lecture and clinical practice. 4 lecture hours, 21 clinical laboratory hours arranged.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of SURG 120. The student will learn more complex procedures and continue the learning process from Surgical Technology II. With classroom lecture, the student will learn to select instrumentation and supplies for these surgical procedures. The student will also apply previously learned principles of anat- omy and physiology, medical terminology, and pharmacology. The student is encouraged to continue development of sterile consciousness to work more confidently within the surgical environment. A brief review of basic procedures, anesthesia, microbiology, and an introduction to laser, medical/legal criteria, job interviews and resumes are also covered. 30 lecture hours (three-week course).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of SURG 200. This is a five-week course which allows students to apply learning received throughout the previous semesters to surgical procedures. Particular attention will be given to the student as he/she continues to participate as a member of the surgical team and interacts in the role of a surgical technologist. Emphasis is placed on gaining more clinical experience in a variety of surgical procedures. 40 clinical experience hours per week (five-week course).
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